The American company SpaceX has published several spectacular photographs and videos taken during the launch of the huge Starship spacecraft.
The world's most powerful launch vehicle, powered by 33 Raptor engines, launches from Starbase.
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The head of the company, Elon Musk, who captioned these pictures “Beautiful photos of Starship. A bright future for space exploration. Made by people on Earth,” published photographs of the launch pad:
I just inspected the spaceship launch pad, it is in excellent condition! The water-cooled steel plate does not require repair for the next run.. Congratulations to the SpaceX team and contractors for designing such a fast and reliable system!
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He also posted a photo that captured the separation of the first and second stages.
Let us remind you that the rocket launched successfully, but both stages were lost.